A Bunch of Fives

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A Bunch of Fives
Format Television series
Created by Colin Rogers
Starring Lesley Manville Jamie Foreman
Country of origin Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
No. of episodes 11
Production
Camera setup Multiple camera (1977-1978)
Running time 25 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel ITV
Original run 19771978
External links
IMDb profile

A Bunch of Fives was an English children’s television show broadcast in the 1970s on ITV[1]. A precursor[2] of Grange Hill it starred Lesley Manville and Jamie Foreman as Fifth formers who start a school newspaper. The show spawned one paperback tie-in[3]. It was remembered fondly by some of the audience for some years.[4]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ details
  2. ^ History of Genre
  3. ^ ”A Bunch of Fives” Rogers,C: London, Arrow, 1978 ISBN 0099173808
  4. ^ Nostalgic request